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Hamilton County, Ohio Coroner believes that eight recent deaths from elephant tranquilizer  may be the result of drug dealers using Cincinnati region as their experiment.

Tests have confirmed carfentanil in the bodies of eight recent overdose casualties, Hamilton County's Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco said, and more cases are suspected. The drug, used to sedate elephants, can be thousands of times stronger than morphine.

Carfentanil has been blamed in other overdose surges, such as in Akron this summer. Cincinnati area authorities warned publicly in July that carfentanil was beginning to show up locally.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/09/06/coroner-fears-dealers-use-cincinnati-area-as-test-tube.html